{"id":615,"date":"2015-01-27T22:40:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T22:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/?p=615"},"modified":"2019-05-03T04:31:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T04:31:20","slug":"promotional-corporate-hampers-and-a-damned-good-porridge-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/promotional-corporate-hampers-and-a-damned-good-porridge-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s No How You Make Porridge&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Promotional Corporate Hampers and a fine Porridge Recipe<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-616\" title=\"promotional-corporate-hamper\" src=\"http:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/promotional-corporate-hamper.jpg\" alt=\"photograph of a corporate hamper\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/promotional-corporate-hamper.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/promotional-corporate-hamper-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/promotional-corporate-hamper-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a personal mission of mine to educate Australia on how you make porridge.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all heard that wee boy on the Uncle Tobys&#8217; ads protesting about the new fangled Instant Oats <em>&#8220;that&#8217;s no how you make porridge&#8221; <\/em>which was<em>&nbsp;<\/em>25 years ago (ouch!) and he&#8217;s right, there are some things you can&#8217;t repackage but conversely a few that do rather well out of a re-imagining. Take promotional corporate hampers for instance where the whole is definately more that the sum of the parts.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some things in life go well together like cheese and wine, and biscuits and dip. Also liver, fava beans and a nice chianti&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But when you&#8217;re unsure of exactly what to give a favoured client or winning team mates, a good idea is to choose a themed selection. Our promotional corporate hampers give you that inspiration and flexibility. The liver may only be manifest in a pate but it still goes well with the accompanying chianti!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UTcA-e6bqVY\" width=\"632\" height=\"474\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now, back on topic and the one thing you can&#8217;t repackage and brand &#8211; <strong><em>Scottish Porridge<\/em><\/strong>. I think many of the problems facing porridge stem from a poor job by the Scottish Food Export Board who should be marketing the stuff with scantily clad lads and lasses tossing cabers and wooing each other with <em>&#8220;you&#8217;re pure dead brilliant, so yi are&#8230;&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In the absence though of a hotbed of scintillating Scottish steaminess (is there even such a thing?!), it&#8217;s down to pure dead brilliant guys like me to illuminate the nation on exactly how you make porridge&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[yumprint-recipe id=&#8217;1&#8242;]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_617\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/porridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-617\" class=\" wp-image-617 \" title=\"porridge\" src=\"http:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/porridge.jpg\" alt=\"a pan of steaming hot porridge with spurtle\" width=\"632\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/porridge.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/porridge-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/porridge-500x292.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cook Porridge long and slow, and only stir with a Spurtle<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And, that&#8217;s it &#8211; give it a try and I guarantee it will change the way you make porridge. What&#8217;s the old saying&#8230;&#8221;in a world of change, it&#8217;s reassuring that some things remain the same&#8221;? That works for me.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>there was no sugar cane or fruit in Scotland of old, only porridge, kippers and haggis<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However if you don&#8217;t have the time and a bag of traditional porridge oats (which is an awkward way to woo a client anyway), a <a title=\"A big range of Top Quality Corporate Hampers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.promotionproducts.com.au\/galleries\/Corporate-Gifts\/Corporate-Hampers\/\">promotional corporate hamper<\/a> is a healthy alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Next week &#8211; How to cook and serve Haggis&#8230;and Promotional Vomit Bags (gees&#8230;they ACTUALLY exist!).<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W37wIzjXkSQ\" width=\"632\" height=\"474\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Promotional Corporate Hampers and a fine Porridge Recipe It&#8217;s a personal mission of mine to educate Australia on how you make porridge. 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